One of the most important (but missed) elements of a great composite has to do with LIGHT. When I first started compositing I didn’t...
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Playlist - The Light
One of the most important (but missed) elements of a great composite has to do with LIGHT. When I first started compositing I didn’t understand how to look for light. I thought that cutting my subject out nicely and blending into the environment was enough to make it work. I missed the most important step, MATCHING the LIGHT.
In this series of videos I take you through everything to do with LIGHT including:
- Creating beautiful atmospheric light in camera
- Using and enhancing natural light
- Using and enhancing studio lighting/strobes
- Seeing the Light – Analysing a background
- Manipulating the light on a subject
- Manipulating the lighting effects in Photoshop with light and atmosphere brushes
Seeing the Light
In this video I take you through how to analyse a background and how to assess the lighting direction. I then guide you through...
The Best Studio Lighting Setup
In this video you get a 360 view into my go to lighting set up for compositing.
Scroll around the studio as I show you...
Atmospheric Light
Add atmospheric light to your composites using light brushes and blending modes!
The Atmosphere Brush set is free to all...
Changing the Light
When the lighting was not quite right, and you want to alter the rim light and shading to match the scene...
Here are a great set...